"exactly ! that's why it'd be roughing it. do you know how many shoes i have? it's absolutely /ridiculous/."
daphne chuckled softly, giving a teasing smile.
"same thing goes for clothes, honestly."
thought, peeling a mark into the gravel as he leaves. the phone stays by his ear the whole time.
"keep talking to me," he murmurs. "i'm on the way. just stay with me."
something clenches in his heart when she stops speaking, sound cutting out over the tinny speaker of his phone. fuck everything else. he'll be fine if the worst happens to him--but max?
he straddles his bike, key in the ignition. it rumbles to life.
he's off without a second +
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she's stuck. she knows it. whatever it is knows the smell and taste of her blood by this point, and it's going to find her.
"I'm sorry-- i went to go see mikey cause he was in the city over--" fuck-- she can feel the hot burn of tears rolling down --
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he tugs his jeans on, cursing as he hears her his. "are you hurt?" he grabs a dufflebag by the door, keeping the phone pressed to his ear. out the back door he goes, shoving his feet into his boots and throwing on his jacket as quick as he can manage.
"i ain't gonna ask why +
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a glance down where her hand is pressed to her side, and she pulls her fingers away, watching as they come away sticky and dark.
"-- a dozen or so miles out of town. uh-- yknow the old cabin, other-- other side of the lake?" she presses her hand back --
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you're out there alone right now," he all but growls, already starting to jog, "i'm ten minutes if i skirt the town, five if i don't give a damn about stoplights and cut through the middle." with the keys in his hand, he knows what he's choosing. "i'm on the way, baby, just +
gus sits up in bed as soon as he hears the shake in her voice. that's--max shouldn't sound like that. max shouldn't be *alone sounding like that.
"where are you, baby," he says, holding the phone to his ear as he gets up, tossing the covers aside and looking for his jeans.
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her voice shakes just a touch when she speaks, leaning her head back against the wall she's leaning against.
"g-gus--? 'm sorry-- i didn't mean to wake you i just-- i ended up in a tight spot and-- i can't get back to the jeep--"
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